diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3336-openbsd_pkg-fix-KeyError.yml b/changelogs/fragments/3336-openbsd_pkg-fix-KeyError.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7f10c186dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/3336-openbsd_pkg-fix-KeyError.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+bugfixes:
+  - openbsd_pkg - fix crash from ``KeyError`` exception when package installs,
+    but ``pkg_add`` returns with a non-zero exit code
+    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3336).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/packaging/os/openbsd_pkg.py b/plugins/modules/packaging/os/openbsd_pkg.py
index 05c374cb4e..4299d60ad0 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/packaging/os/openbsd_pkg.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/packaging/os/openbsd_pkg.py
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ def package_present(names, pkg_spec, module):
                     if match:
                         # It turns out we were able to install the package.
                         module.debug("package_present(): we were able to install package for name '%s'" % name)
+                        pkg_spec[name]['changed'] = True
                     else:
                         # We really did fail, fake the return code.
                         module.debug("package_present(): we really did fail for name '%s'" % name)